448 Hentz's Descriptions of the 
Observations. This species is not rare. It is sometimes 
found wandering in mid-winter. The eyes are unequal in 
size, the two lower external ones are largest, and the four ex- 
ternal ones are borne on tubercles. 
Habitat. Alabama. 
Section IJ. EQIPEDES. Four posterior legs not inva- 
riably the shortest. 
Tribe VI. Fiuurrepes. Feet slender, long, second pair 
longest, then the fourth. 
10. THOMISUS? DUTTONI. 
Plate XXIII. Fig. 10. 
Description. Pale grey ; cephalothorax with a longitudi- 
nal rufous band ; abdomen long and slender, with a like nar- 
row band, and two minute black dots near the apex; legs 
yellowish, 2. 4. 1. 3. 
Observations. ‘This singular spider was communicated to 
me by Mr. Thomas R. Dutton, who collected it in Georgia in 
1838. The alcohol in which it was preserved may have 
changed its colors. 
Habitat. Georgia. 
Tribe VII. not determined ; eyes in four rows. 
11. THOMISUS? DUBIUS. 
Plate XXIII. Fig. 11. 
Description. Pale; cephalothorax with two slender lon- 
gitudinal blackish lines edged with greenish ; abdomen with a 
similar green edged line, which bifurcates towards the base; 
and has one small black dot on each bifurcation; feet, first 
pair wanting, second very long, fourth next, third shortest. 
Observations. This singular spider was unfortunately mu- 
tilated when discovered, and the drawing was left unfinished, 
_as I hoped other specimens would occur ; none however, were 
. ever found. There is an affinity in some points between 
oe x . Habitat. North Carolina. 
